Spool-cabinet.



O. A. JONES.

SPOOL CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16, 1912.

Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

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Iron CHARLES AUGUSTUS JONES, OF VAN WERT, OHIO;

SPOOL-CABINET.-

Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented Aug. 19,1913

Application filed. March 16, 1912. Serial No. 684,314.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES AUGUsrUs J ONES, citizen of the United States, residing at Van Vert, in the county of Van VVert and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spool-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for holding spools of thread and like articles in convenient position for use, and has for one of its objects to simplify and improve devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device whereby spools of thread may be independently supported and from any one of which the thread may be drawn without interfering with the remaining spools.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device wherein the spools are supported and readily accessible and a threadcutting attachment whereby the thread may be severed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device embracing a support for a ball of yarn or thread from which yarns or thread may be unwound as required.

Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereafter shown and described, and then specifically pointed out in the claim, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment ofthe invention: Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved device in open position; Fig. 2 is a vertical section with the cover members in closed posit-ion; Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the thread-severing member.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved device comprises a cabinet including the base or bottom portion 10 having a drawer 11. At its ends the base is extended upwardly as shown at 12 13, and with a back 14: and top 15, the members 12-13-44 and 15 forming an open cabinet or casing considerably narrower than the base 10 and extending upwardly therefrom. The upper casing is provided with a foldable front formed of a plurality of members 16 hingedly united at 17 and likewise hingedly united at 18 to the top 15. The upper member 16 corresponds in width substantially to the member 15 so that when the member 16 is folded over upon the top 15, the lower member 16 will fold down in the rear of the back 14, as shown in Fig. 2 in dotted lines.

The casing portion of the device is provided with an upper shelf 19, and an intermediate shelf 20. The shelf 19 corresponds in width substantially with the end members l213 of the cabinet, while the intermediate shelf 20 is of less width than the end members and is provided with a stop strip 21 at its front edge, the strip extending above the upper surface of the shelf. The casing is also provided with a lower shelf 22 which is arranged to slide in channels or guideways 23 formed in the end members 1213 of the casing, so that the lower shelf may be readily removed by drawing it forwardly. The upper shelf 19 is shorter than the space between the end members 12-13 of the casing and the space between the end of the shelf and the end member 12 is occupied by a needle cushion 21. A relatively small drawer 25 is mounted upon the shelf 19 next to the cushion 24 and is provided with a plurality of openings 26 through its front member, each opening being provided with a cleft 27 leading through the upper edge of the front member of the drawer. The drawer is designed to contain balls of yarn, thread or the like, and the openings through the clefts 27 provide ready means for drawing the threads from the balls within the drawer. By this means only the ends of the threads or yarns will be exposed, while the balls will remain within the drawer. The shelf 20 contains a plurality of pegs 28 to receive spools of thread and support them in position, the spools being represented at 29. Attached to the upper edge of the strip 21 opposite each pin 28, is a guide staple 30 through which the thread leads from the several spools supported upon the pins.

Connected to the guard strip 21 opposite each of the pins 28, is a tension device, but as the tension devices are precisely alike, the description of one will suffice for all. Each tension device comprises a headed screw 31 inserted into the member 21, a flat bearing plate 32 surrounding the screw and bearing against the outer face of the member 22, a dish-shaped plate 33 upon the screw and bearing against the plate 32, and a spring 34: bearing between the head of the bolt 31, and the outer face of the dish-shaped plate 33.

By this simple means it will be obvious that an efficient tension device is produced through which the thread is led from the spools and in which it is gripped with sufficient force to prevent its running out too readily, while at the same time the spring will permit the plates to yield to a suflicient extent to enable the thread to be readily removed when required. The tension may be increased or decreased by simply rotating the screw 31, as will be obvious. By this simple means the thread from each of the spools is independently removable and will not be runoff faster than required.

The lower shelf 22 is provided with a plurality of pins 35 to receive spools represented at 36. The pins 35 extend nearly to the shelf 20, while the shelf 22 is located a slightly greater distance from the shelf 20 than the height of an ordinary spool, so that while the spools will be supported in position to be readily rotated to remove the thread, they will be prevented from upward movement so long as the shelf 22 is located in its inward position. lVhen it is desired to remove the spools 36, it is only necessary to draw the shelf 22 outwardly by means of the guideways 23. By this simple means when the shelf 22 is in its inward position, the spools will be prevented from detachlnent, while at the same time free to be rotated for the removal of the thread. The front edge of the lower shelf 20 is cut away intermediate the ends, and attached to the shelf and projecting over the cut away portion is a metal plate 37 having a plurality of V-shaped incisions 38, the latter formed with knife-edges to provide a simply constructed thread-severing device convenient to the spools 36 upon the shelves 20 and 22. The incisions are preferably arranged. re.- versely oblique to the longitudinal plane of the plate at each side of the center thereof as shown, so that the thread during the severing action is drawn toward the center of the casing, or always in the direction of the greatest resistance exerted by the casing and its contents. The casing and its support is thus utilized to hold the casing from lateral movement by the force exerted in severing the thread.

Depending from the shelf 19 are a plurality of hooks 39 to support a plate 4:0 having apertures to engage over the pins, the apertures being spaced apart to correspond to the hooks so that the plate will engage with both of the hooks and thus prevent any swaying or swinging movement to the plate. The plate 40 is provided near its upper end with a plurality of openings 41 to receive and support skeins of thread or yarn in convenient position for use, and to maintain the threads in position and prevent them from becoming entangled. The plate 40 is provided with a sheathing or cover 42 to protect the skeins of material held on the plate. At its lower end the plate is preferably concaved to support the skeins of thread or yarn and prevent lateral displacement when inserted into the sheathing. The plate 40 is thus supported in convenient position for use, while at the same time not interfering with any of the spools which are held upon the various shelves.

The improved device maintains the spools of thread in convenient position for use and each spool is independently usable. By this simple means different sizes or numbers of thread are maintained in convenient position and readily accessible so that no time is lost in hunting for the proper spool or the size of thread desired, and the thread is not wasted or injured, but on the contrary is preserved from injury and protected from dust and moisture, as the cover members 16 may be closed when the device is not in use. The members 12l3 are provided with hooks et3-l4 which engage over pins upon the lower member 16 to lock the latter in closed position. The improved device may be constructed of any required size or of any suitable material, and may be formed to hold any required number of spools of any size.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A device of the class described comprising a casing including sides spaced apart, a shelf within said casing and having its front edge cut away between the ends, and a blade connected to the shelf and extending in advance of the cut away portion and provided with a plurality of thread severing incisions extending in reversely oblique directions at each side of the center of the plate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GUS JONES. L 3.

Witnesses:

ALMA E. HALL, C. M. HAMiLTON.

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